Chapter 14: Rio
Summary: Damon spies on Rio.
PLEASE read and review. Sorry I haven't updated. I was on vacation and away from my computer.
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Night had fallen and Damon loomed in the shadows. Rio had stayed at home most of the night, but when the clock struck midnight he walked outside and waited for some friends. As he stood there Damon sent out his mind and probed his head.
So, Rio has some secrets of his own. The man before him was definitely vampire.
He had followed Rio and some friends to a tavern and he listened as they spoke.
"I envy you." One of his friends was saying, "Gwendolyn is surely the most beautiful woman in the village."
"Yes, she is rivaled only by Katherine." The other was saying.
Too bad Katherine's dead, Damon thought.
"She is beautiful, but as you both know that is not all I am after." Rio smiled.
Here it comes, Damon grinned.
"Giuseppe is getting older. He is almost 64 years old. He won't be living much longer. And in the event of his death I inherit all his worldly goods. He is the richest man in town and I shall be his hire." Rio laughed.
"But Rio what is he lives to be a hundred. Then you shall have to wait for your inheritance." The first friend replied.
"I've already thought of that, my dear Nolan." he paused, "On the night of the wedding, Giuseppe will be disposed of."
"How are you going to do that?" The other asked.
"Juliano, it is very simple. There are a million ways to kill a man. I must merely select one." he sipped his drink.
He plots to kill my father, Damon growled low in his throat. He may have contempt for the man, but he did care for him.
After all he did raise me.
Damon continued to hide.
You will not succeed, Rio. Come Sunday night you shall get what's yours.
